2006.05.16 – PROVERBS AND EXPRESSIONS

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Jó tanulást!

Üdv,
Nóri

1. BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.

People who are a lot alike tend to gather together and become friends. This can be used to mean that people are alike in both good ways and bad ways.

This proverb is often shortened. Many people just say "Birds of a feather…"

2. CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT.

If you are too interested in things you should not be interested in, you could be in danger. You may be causing yourself problems by trying to find out things you don’t need to know.

3. DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.

You use this proverb to warn someone not to plan anything that depends on a good thing you expect to happen in the future, and tell him/her to wait until it really happens.It is used to tell people not to be too sure that something good you hope for will really happen. It might not happen after all.

It is often shortened to "Don’t count your chickens." The "before they hatch" part can be substituted by "before they are hatched" or "before they’ve hatched."

4. THERE’S NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED/SPILT MILK.

You use this proverb to say that you shouldn’t worry about something that has already happened.

It is no use being angry over or upset about something that has already happened and/or you cannot change.

I failed the exam, but it’s no use crying over spilled milk. I’ll try it again.

5. YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.

You use this proverb to say that you can’t tell what something/someone is really like just by looking at it. It might be different from what it looks.

If someone says, "You can’t judge a book by its cover," he/she advises you not to judge someone or something only by its appearance.

People also say, "You can’t tell a book by its cover."

I know you want to think he’s honest and trust him, but be careful. You can’t tell a book by its cover.

appearance
careful
cover
curiosity
honest
There’s no use doing sth
to be alike
to be interested in sth
to be shortened
to be substituted by sth
to count
to depend on sth
to fail an exam
to find out sth
to gather together
to happen
to hatch
to judge sth by sth
to plan sth
to spill, spilt, spilt/spilled, spilled
to tend to do sth
to trust sb
to warm sb

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borító
kíváncsiság
?szinte
Nincs értelme valamit csinálni
ugyanolyannak lenni
vkit érdekel vmi
lerövidítve lenni
vmi által helyettesítve lenni
számolni
vmit?l függeni
megbukni egy vizsgán
megtudni vmit, információt szerezni vmir?l
összegy?lni
megtörténik, történik
kikel a tojásból
vmit vmir?l megítélni
tervezni vmit
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hajlamos, hajlik vmit csinálni
megbízni vkiben
figyelmeztetni vkit